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Massacre at Ballymurphy nominated for a Bafta

Ballymurphy massacre victims – top row, from left: Joseph Corr, Danny Teggart, Eddie Doherty, Fr Hugh Mullan and Frank Quinn..Bottom row, from left: Joan Connolly, John McKerr, Noel Phillips, John Laverty and Joseph Murphy..
Ballymurphy massacre victims – top row, from left: Joseph Corr, Danny Teggart, Eddie Doherty, Fr Hugh Mullan and Frank Quinn..Bottom row, from left: Joan Connolly, John McKerr, Noel Phillips, John Laverty and Joseph Murphy.. Ballymurphy massacre victims – top row, from left: Joseph Corr, Danny Teggart, Eddie Doherty, Fr Hugh Mullan and Frank Quinn..Bottom row, from left: Joan Connolly, John McKerr, Noel Phillips, John Laverty and Joseph Murphy..
By Digital Staff

The documentary Massacre At Ballymurphy has been nominated for a Bafta.

It contains personal stories from relatives of the 10 people shot dead in west Belfast by members of the British Army's Parachute regiment over three days in August 1971 which has come to be known as the Ballymurphy Massacre. A man who died of a heart attack after soldiers fired shots over his head is considered the 11th victim. 

A mother-of-eight and a Catholic priest were among those shot dead.

Massacre at Ballymurphy is the work of award making film maker Callum Macrea and screened on Channel 4 in September 2018.

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